pMachine’s Pricing Model

Like I previously mentioned, ExpressionEngine is now available for public beta. You can purchase a commercial license for $199. You read that correctly, $50 more than Movable Type. I think this is a bold move by pMachine. If you want to convince MT users to switch to your software, is charging $50 more a good idea? I don’t think so. However, the program is really awesome so maybe pMachine will prevail. However, MT is free for non-commercial use, which is a big plus.

pMachine 2.3 is currently free, but it can’t compete with MT. ExpressionEngine is a better program than MT but it also costs $200. I think this will be a big factor in people’s decisions to stick with MT.

Right now I’m sticking with MT on my own site since I make use of many plug-ins, particularly Paginate and GlobalListings. If these plug-ins got ported to ExpressionEngine, I would definitely switch though.